# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5) - Law: 確定拠出年金法 (Defined Contribution Pension Act), 平成十三年法律第八十八号 - English title "Defined Contribution Pension Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)（第三条の規定による確定拠出年金法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-4281-66/art-5` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-5 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五条（第三条の規定による確定拠出年金法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — (Transitional Measures Associated with the Partial Amendment of the Defined Contribution Pension Act by Article 3) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4281-66/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-5 **第一項** 附則第一条第四号に掲げる規定の施行の日（以下「第四号施行日」という。）前に第三条の規定による改正前の確定拠出年金法（次項及び第三項において「改正前確定拠出年金法」という。）第三条第一項の承認の申請をした者の当該申請に係る申請書に添付すべき書類については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-1 Prior laws continue to govern the documents to be attached to a written application pertaining to an application for the approval referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Defined Contribution Pension Act before the amendment by the provisions of Article 3 (referred to as the "Defined Contribution Pension Act before the amendment" in the following paragraph and paragraph (3)) submitted by a person who filed that application before the day on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iv) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date of item (iv)"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第四号施行日前に納付されることとされている改正前確定拠出年金法第三条第三項第七号に規定する事業主掛金、同項第七号の二に規定する企業型年金加入者掛金及び改正前確定拠出年金法第五十五条第二項第四号に規定する個人型年金加入者掛金に係る運用の方法の選定及び提示、運用の指図並びに運用の方法の除外については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-2 Prior laws continue to govern the selection and presentation of investment methods, instructions on investment, and exclusion of any investment method with regard to the employer's contribution prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (3), item (vii) of the Defined Contribution Pension Act before the amendment, the participant of a corporate-type pension plan's contribution prescribed in item (vii)-2 of that paragraph, and the participant of an individual-type pension plan's contribution prescribed in Article 55, paragraph (2), item (iv) of the Defined Contribution Pension Act before the amendment, which are to be paid before the effective date of item (iv). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第四号施行日から起算して五年を超えない期間内において、附則第一条第四号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に改正前確定拠出年金法第二十三条第一項（改正前確定拠出年金法第七十三条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により同項の企業型運用関連運営管理機関等（改正前確定拠出年金法第七十三条において同項の規定を準用する場合にあっては、改正前確定拠出年金法第五十五条第二項第三号の個人型年金加入者等に係る改正前確定拠出年金法第二条第七項第二号に規定する運用関連業務を行う改正前確定拠出年金法第三条第三項第四号の確定拠出年金運営管理機関。以下この項において同じ。）が提示している運用の方法の数が、第三条の規定による改正後の確定拠出年金法（以下この項及び次項において「改正後確定拠出年金法」という。）第二十三条第一項（改正後確定拠出年金法第七十三条において準用する場合を含む。）の政令で定める数を超える場合における当該企業型運用関連運営管理機関等に係る同項の規定の適用については、同項中「企業型年金加入者等による適切な運用の方法の選択に資するための上限として政令で定める数」とあるのは、「確定拠出年金法等の一部を改正する法律（平成二十八年法律第六十六号）附則第一条第四号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に同法第三条の規定による改正前の第二十三条第一項の規定により企業型年金加入者等に提示している運用の方法の数」とする。 suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-3 Within a period not exceeding five years from the item (iv) effective date, if the number of investment methods already presented by the corporate-type pension plan investment-related operational management institution, etc. referred to in Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Defined Contribution Pension Act before the amendment (when applying mutatis mutandis the provisions of that paragraph pursuant to Article 73 of the Defined Contribution Pension Act before the amendment, the defined contribution pension operational management institution referred to in Article 3, paragraph (3), item (iv) of the Defined Contribution Pension Act before the amendment which provides the investment-related services prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (7), item (ii) of the Defined Contribution Pension Act before the amendment in relation to the participant or instructor of an individual-type pension plan referred to in Article 55, paragraph (2), item (iii) of the Defined Contribution Pension Act before the amendment; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 73 of the Defined Contribution Pension Act before the amendment) at the time of the enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iv) of the Supplementary Provisions exceeds the number specified by Cabinet Order referred to in Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Defined Contribution Pension Act after the amendment by Article 3 (hereinafter referred to as the "Defined Contribution Pension Act after the amendment" in this paragraph and the following paragraph) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 73 of the Defined Contribution Pension Act after the amendment), and if applying the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) of that Act in relation to that corporate-type pension plan investment-related operational management institution, etc., the phrase "the number specified by Cabinet Order as the maximum number for contributing to appropriate selection of an investment method by corporate-type pension plan participants or instructors" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the number of investment methods already presented to corporate-type pension plan participants or instructors pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) before the amendment by Article 3 of the Act Partially Amending the Defined Contribution Pension Act (Act No. 66 of 2016) at the time of enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iv) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 改正後確定拠出年金法第五十四条の五の規定は、第四号施行日以後に行われる同条に規定する合併等について適用する。 suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-4 The provisions of Article 54-5 of the Defined Contribution Pension Act after the amendment apply to the merger, etc. prescribed in that Article that is conducted on or after the item (iv) effective date. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-1: 附則第一条第四号 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第一条第一項第四号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iv)), suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-4 - suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-1: 次項 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第五条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (2)), suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-2 - suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-1: 第三項 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第五条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (3)), suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-3 - suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-3: 附則第一条第四号 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第一条第一項第四号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iv)), suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-4 - suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-3: この項 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第五条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (3)), suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-3 - suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-3: 次項 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第五条第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (4)), suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-4 - suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-3: 第二十三条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-23/par-1 - suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-3: 改正後確定拠出年金法第七十三条 → 確定拠出年金法 第七十三条 (Article 73), art-73 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-73 - suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-3: 同法第三条 → e-Gov law 428AC0000000066, 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — not held in this collection - suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-4: 改正後確定拠出年金法第五十四条の五 → 確定拠出年金法 第五十四条の六 (Article 54-6), art-54-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-54-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-54-6 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 確定拠出年金法 附則第一条第一項第四号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-4 - 確定拠出年金法 附則第五条第一項（第三条の規定による確定拠出年金法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-1 - 確定拠出年金法 附則第五条第三項（第三条の規定による確定拠出年金法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-3 - 確定拠出年金法 附則第十条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-10/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 確定拠出年金法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/413AC0000000088/20260401_507AC0000000074), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Defined Contribution Pension Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4371/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 203 — 確定拠出年金法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19